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topee

American

[toh-pee, toh-pee] / toʊˈpi, ˈtoʊ pi /

Or topi

noun

(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.

topee British

/ -pɪ, ˈtəʊpiː /

noun

another name for pith helmet

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Etymology

Origin of topee

First recorded in 1825–35, topee is from the Hindi word ṭopī hat

Example Sentences

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He laid his topee carefully on a palm stump so the slipstream wouldn't blow it off and climbed up on the wing beside my cockpit.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had on a white topee, and was accompanied by three or four men dressed like him in shorts.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

Now let me advise you about your topee.

From Jan and Her Job by Harker, L. Allen (Lizzie Allen)

He tilted back his topee and scratched his head.

From The Wireless Officer by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

She did not buy a solar topee at Port Said, for though this was her first voyage she had not, it seemed, started quite unwarned.

From Jan and Her Job by Harker, L. Allen (Lizzie Allen)

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